Mig-29 radar target diamond steering cue/indicator in HUD

[Gecky]

Hi guys, it's my first post. I have an inquiry about the Mig-29 radar and HUD display. I'm not sure though how accurate this would be in relation to the to the real aircraft since I'm really just an infantryman and only a pilot in DCS. Also please tuck this in into another thread if it should belong there, but so far I had no luck searching for something related.

 

Here's the concern:

 

I noticed that the Mig-29 lacked any steering indicator for a radar or IRST target that is outside the HUD. I find this rather hard to deal with in BVR mode where the target aircraft is indeed BVR, in a dogfight where I am losing sight of a nimble target that still am somehow able to track somewhere above my HUD using the "3"mode, or simply during bad visibility or weather. I find myself prone to losing radar lock on the targets as they move out of radar limits, as I am guessing where to point my nose at.

 

I really don't know if such feature is present in the real airplane, but I just thought it might be. With the free trial, i found that even the F-5 has a steering cue in its radar scope which helps the pilot steer to the target and get it within seeker limits even in the dark/bad weather. I imagine in the Mig-29 HUD it should be a diamond or circle (whichever mode) with an "X" in the edge of the HUD indicating where the tgt is, something similar that in the SU-25T HUD when an ELINT pod target that outside the HUD. I'm not sure if everyone will agree but I think I think the radar would really be a more useful with this. I also did notice though that it's a very basic radar that doesn't even have vector marks for targets during search mode, so please also correct me if such feature really doesn't exist in the real Mig.

 

BTW like others I also noticed how the Mig-29 doesn't have waypoint no. indicators, and read somewhere here that this may be a bug that will be fixed. That prompted me to write this, thinking it might also just be something inadvertently omitted. To ED guys, the FC3 Mig-29 is still such a superbly modeled airplane in my opinion BTW, and is my favorite aircraft in the game because of its simplicity and because it complements the SU-25T in my "budget air force". I also wish we could get an "M"or "K"model someday.

 

Thanks!

Edited April 26, 2020 by Gecky

[AeriaGloria]

The TD not displaying on the border of HUD is a bug, wish navigation panel could be implemented eventually for the Soviet planes

[Gecky]

I noticed just today that it is actually there in the edge but your face will have to be a lot closer to the HUD than the cockpit default position to see it, which is pretty hard for somebody with no IR tracker or VR like me. Yea, this could be a bug